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sanisse · 2 years

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comforting Elrond after Arwen's wedding smut (maybe breeding kink if you do that) dom female reader, please

(Also I can't wait to see what type of writer you are *squeals* - QueeenStarlight✨)

ELROND IS SO HOTTTTT, just had to say that. bye:))))))

Freaking yes. I love this man. He IS really hot 👀😏Thank you for the request!! 💗

Spice level (1-5): 🌶🌶🌶🌶 extra spicy!

Reader: fem she/her. Reader has a vagina.

Warnings/tags: penetrative sex, mild breeding kink, power dynamics & power play, praise kink. Blink-and-you-miss-it hand and finger kink. Reader is a pretty soft dom in this. 💕

Sindarin Translations:

Elig nín - my little star

Hiril nín - my lady

Meleth - love

Arimelda - dearest

Minors DNI. Your media consumption is your own responsibility.

Catharsis - Elrond x Fem!Reader

As the sun sets on the coronation ball, Elrond retires early. You almost miss it, he sneaks out so effortlessly. The second you catch a glimpse of him winding through the crowd to step out, you take chase. He usually so loves parties. It’s almost unheard-of for him to leave one early.

The halls of the Citadel of Kings are white and solemn, almost tomb-like. Elrond is a specter floating through them. He doesn’t seem to notice as you follow him all the way to the rooms that the two of you are staying in until it comes time to return home to Rivendell. Elrond slips inside. The door falls shut. You wait a moment, debating. It’s clear he wants to be alone.

But should he be?

He’s been holding back tears all day. As much as he wants space, you’re reluctant to return to the party without at least checking on him. So, you tiptoe up to the door and slip inside.

Elrond sits on the edge of the bed you share, twisting Vilya around his finger, head bowed, tears streaking down his face in silver tracks. He doesn’t make any sound as he cries. The grief radiates from his body, seeping like creeping jackfrost along the Bond you two have between your souls.

Your chest twists. You cross the room to sit next to him, reaching over to still his restless hands.

“You don’t have to grieve alone,” you whisper.

He’s quiet, with his jaw clamped so tightly shut it’s as if he can’t trust his voice. Something else opens up in the Bond. The impression of a yawning chasm, like a great black maw, a pit of loneliness and sadness and pain.

You feel—rather than hear— him say, (that is the only way I know how to grieve).

Your own eyes grow hot and prick with tears. You lean over to kiss his cheek, then wrap your arms around him. He feels so…strangely small. Elrond is huge. Seven feet tall and pure muscle. But he feels impossibly fragile now.

You stroke his hair while he cries and ask: “Tell me how I can help you. What do you need?”

He doesn’t answer. He just shakes his head and buried his face in your neck.

“Sleep?” You ask. “I’ll be right here with you.”

It’s not the world’s most helpful suggestion, but he really does need to rest. The second he’d arrived in Minas Tirith he’d been unable to stop himself from jumping in to help with the wounded still recovering from the great battles that had raged these past few months. With the impending coronation and Arwen’s wedding, he had wanted to keep himself as busy as possible. He has a bad habit of working himself to the bone to escape his own feelings. He’s completely work himself out and you’re sure that now, when he can no longer run from the pain, the weariness is only making everything worse.

Elrond just shakes his head. “I cannot.”

You just sit there a moment, still holding him, trying to think of something. There is one small thing you can try. It works well when he’s overstressed at home, but you’re not sure if it’s the right thing to do here. It’s certainly not a long term solution by any means, but it could— perhaps— provide enough catharsis that he might at least be able to sleep.

Sometimes, Elrond needs to just stop thinking. To be taken apart piece by piece so he can get out of his own head for once.

You kiss his cheek again, still rubbing his back, then you pull back to take his face in your hands and offer: “Would it help to take your mind off things if I— If we just spent the night like we sometimes do? Would you like me to help you relax? To stop that whirring, clever brain of yours for a few hours?”

He has the wherewithal to blush, which is a relief. He isn’t so completely consumed. You offer him a little smile, waiting for his answer.

Elrond nods at last. He reaches up to take your hands and brings them to his mouth to kiss them. His lips are warm, a little wet from the tears that still leak from his eyes. It’s a tremulous, fragile thing: that kiss.

“Very well,” you say softly. “Take out your hair for me, elig nín?”

It’s always the first step. You watch as his slender, strong fingers unlace the red ribbons, then work their way up to the strange little knots exclusive to him, then through the rest of his hair. He shakes it out when he’s done. It falls midnight-black around his shoulders, glinting silver where the moonlight from the window catches it.

You lean in to kiss him. It’s a chaste, gentle sort of kiss. “Now, do mine.”

He lets out a shuddering breath and starts to unlace your style. There’s something about it for him —undressing others— that he finds soothing in certain contexts. In other games you play he can be a hungry animal, stripping away layers to get to his prize. Like this, though, there is something reverential in it. Deferential. He has never explained, but you wonder if it goes back to his days of service to Gil-Galad.

When he finishes with your hair, he helps you with the corset and party gown. Once you’re free of it, you pop the first button on his jacket and he takes the hint and strips down to his waist. You take the opportunity then to run your hands over the newly -exposed expanse of skin he’s offering you: heated, golden, silhouetted in starlight. His broad, strong shoulders, dropping to his trim waist, tracing up, up, up to brush your thumbs over his pebbled nipples. He arches into that touch, hissing.

“Lie back for me,” you whisper.

He obeys without hesitation, hair fanning out like a black pool of ink. You lean over him, tracing the waistband of his trousers, and ask, “Will you be good?”

He nods.

You go on: “I know you will. And part of being good is telling me if it’s too much. So be very good for me, elig, and tell me if you need to stop and we will stop.”

He nods again.

“I want to hear you,” you prompt sternly.

“Yes,” he whispers. “I’ll be good. I will tell you.”

“Yes what?”

He shudders beneath your fingertips, tilting his hips toward your hand, and murmurs: “Yes, hiril nín.”

It makes you ache, the way he says it. The way he’s looking at you. “Good,” you say, reaching to stroke his cheek. “You’re already being so good for me.”

He shivers again, eyes slipping shut, and turns to kiss your palm. Your pulse quickens. You pull away to shuffle up his body and lower yourself down onto his face. Elrond doesn’t need any prompting. He licks one long stripe over your cunt, then focuses in on your clit. The touch is electric. It’s so good, making your hips buck. You have to let out a long moan, which Elrond answers with his own— it bubbles out to vibrate against your skin and you gasp.

He is so, so, so good at this. And he loves doing it, loves tasting you, plunging his tongue in and out of you, sucking on your clit, loves it when you lace your fingers in his hair and pull, loves it when you grind down on his face until he can’t breathe, can’t be anywhere but here, underneath you, driving you toward your peak.

You come embarrassingly quickly with a sharp shout. Elrond’s fingers curl in the sheets— you haven’t given him permission to touch you. He just keeps working, sucking, drawing it out as much as you can until your head’s light and you’re so sensitive it almost hurts.

You sit back against his chest with a long, happy sigh. His face is wet and slick with you, eyes blown wide, so dark as he looks up at you with pure, utter adoration, and licks his lips.

“Well done,” you whisper. You feather your fingertips over his mouth and he whines and closes his lips around your fingers and sucks so hard it makes your head pound. He’s so unbearably pretty like this, his eyes burning for you, face flushed. And the noises he’s making as he sucks tell you he’s there— in that comforting little space where he’s not thinking about anything but you, but pleasing you— he always gets high-pitched and sweet.

You pull your fingers out of his mouth, slick with his own saliva, and reach behind you to slip beneath his trousers and take his cock.

He jerks. He’s so hard— this whole thing always gets him hard. You give him one rough pump that makes him choke, and you warn: “Be good.”

“I’m trying,” he whimpers with a wrecked little sound.

“I know,” you reassure, “I know you are, elig. But you can’t come yet. Is that perfectly clear?”

“Yes, hiril nín.”

You let him go and then shuffle back down his body to peel his trousers off him. He tilts his hips for you. You wrap your fingers around him again and give him a few more strokes. It’s a bit cruel— he’s so sensitive— but you love the way his face pinches.

At last, you take pity on him and settle over him once more, taking his cock and lining him up. He whines again— another high-pitched, desperate little sound— and then you sink down, swallowing him up.

He’s big. He’s so, so big. He always fills you up so perfectly. It can be hard to take sometimes, but tonight you go at your own pace until your bodies are flush together and he’s fully seated inside you.

You pin his wrists, drag your hips, and start to use him.

There’s something so intoxicating about holding the Lord of Imladris— bearer of the mightiest of the Three— down and fucking him.

He makes the sweetest little noises, tells you how beautiful you are, how much he loves you, says thank you, thank you, thank you over and over again. There are tears building in his eyes— not from grief but from how overwhelmed and overstimulated he is— and still he’s good— he holds himself back— lets you take and take and take.

You come again with another shout. Elrond watches you with reverence, like you’re something holy— with such fragile adoration it hurts. His eyes have pooled with starlight, flecked with constellations. He’s so, so close to falling apart but he doesn’t beg. He doesn’t ask. He never does. He turns himself over completely to your pleasure.

You’re throbbing between your legs. You’re so wet, leaking all over him, absurdly sated. Every single nerve in your body sings.

You release his wrists and lean down to cradle his head, rubbing at the lingering silver tear tracks, counting the constellations in his eyes.

“Have I been good for you?” he asks.

“Yes, elig, yes, you’ve been so good,” you reassure, breathless. He’s rock hard inside of you, pulsing. He trembles like an earthquake but still doesn’t move, just lies there, waiting for whatever you’ll give him. You know he’d let you leave him like this if you wished it. You’ve done it before. Not tonight, though. Tonight you want to wear him out, you want to give him that rush.

You drag your hips again and he trembles.

“It’s alright, you can touch me,” you say.

He rests his hands on your hips. You brace yourself on your elbows, stroking his face, brushing back his sweat-slicked hair, and kiss him. He tastes of salt and yourself.

“Do you want to come inside me?” You ask, speeding. “Fill me up?”

He makes a choked, tortured sound, shaking as he tries to be good, to stay still, to let you use him. “Yes,” he manages. “Please—“

“Do it,” you command. “Do it, elig. You’ve been so good for me. Come. Come inside me— I want it painting my insides— want it dripping out of me— want you to fuck it into me— let go, meleth.”

He bursts inside you perfectly on command— hips jerking, unable to hold back (he apologizes, says I’m sorry, I can’t— you tell him it’s fine. That he’s been so good for you, letting you use him like this). It sets you off again, the feeling of him filling you up, flooding you with himself— you’re lightheaded and spinning, rocking your hips, drawing it out as much as you can because it feels so good— the bond between you two snaps white, then gold, as you hurtle together like concentric stars until neither of you know up from down anymore and you have to collapse against his chest.

Elrond’s breathless, shaking all over like a wet branch as he softens inside of you. You can feel his seed dripping out; you’re so full— just the way you both like it.

You kiss the side of his head, and reassure one last time: “You were so good. You did so well for me.” Then, “I’m going to hold you for a bit, then we’ll get you cleaned up. That wasn’t too much?”

He shakes his head, reaching up to run his fingers through your hair. “No, arimelda. Thank you so much.”

You smile and shift. You both have to groan as he slips out of you. Elrond reaches down to scoop up what’s dripped out of you and pushes it back in where it belongs and it makes you ache.

The moon is high, now, filling the room with pale light. You curl around Elrond and hold him for as long as he needs as your bodies cool. Get him some water. Clean him up. And finally, eventually, he drops off to a peaceful, restful sleep.

It isn’t a permenant catharsis, but for now it’s enough.

#Elrond #elrond x reader #elrond imagine #spicy #hurt/comfort

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armenelols · 3 years

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There isn't enough appreciation for Elrond's and Isildur's friendship.

I think much of this comes from the movies, where our only image of Isildur is his 'no' and Elrond yelling 'Isildur!', and then we see him die because he dives into the river while running away from a battle because the One Ring falls from his finger. Sure, there is some scroll Gandalf reads, but it only makes Isildur seem even more obsessed with the Ring than he already seemed. Add to that Aragorn's rambling about how he and Isildur share blood and weakness and you've got the perfect receipt for evil Isildur and 'cast it into the fire' memes.

Movie!Elrond's 'men are weak' really isn't helping.

So to start with, I think it is necessary to say that I am talking about book!Elrond and book!Isildur here, and while I don't recall either of them calling the other friend, it's a headcanon I have and it is to some extent supported by the books.

In the chapter The Disaster of the Gladden Fields in Unfinished Tales, Isildur shares a few exchanges with his son, Elendur, that I would like to show here.

Elendur went to his father, who was standing dark and alone, as if lost in thought. 'Atarinya,' he said, 'what of the power that would cow these foul creatures and command them to obey you? Is it then of no avail?'

'Alas, it is not, senya. I can not use it. I dread the pain of touching it. And I have not yet found the strength to bend it to my will. It needs one greater than I know myself to be. My pride has fallen. It should go to the Keepers of the Three.'

And later in the chapter:

'My king,' said Elendur, 'Ciryon is dead and Aratan is dying. Your last counsellor must advise, nay command you, as you commanded Ohtar. Go! Take your burden, and at all cost bring it to the Keepers: even at the cost of abandoning your men and me!'

'King's son,' said Isildur, 'I knew that I must do so; but I feared the pain. Nor could I go without your leave. Forgive me, and my pride that has brought you to this doom.'

Earlier in the chapter, we also get this passage talking about Isildur:

When he at last felt free to return to his own realm he was in haste, and he wished to go first to Imladris; for he had left his wife and youngest son there, and he had moreover and urgent need for the counsel of Elrond.

Nearer to the end of the chapter, when talking about Isildur's death, Tolkien writes this:

There suddenly he knew that the Ring had gone. By chance, or chance well used, it had left his hand and gone where he could never hope to find it again. At first so overwhelming was his sense of loss that he struggled no more, and would have sunk and drowned. But swift as it had come the mood passed. The pain had left him. A great burden had been taken away. There he rose up out of the water: only a mortal man, a small creature lost and abandoned in the wilds of Middle-Earth. But to the night-eyed Orcs that lurked there on the watch he loomed up, a monstrous shadow of fear, with a piercing eye like a star. They loosed their poisoned arrows at it, and fled.

And last from this chapter, this bit about the Ring itself:

It was little more than two years since it had left his [Sauron's] hand, and though it was swiftly cooling it was still heavy with his evil will, and seeking all means to return to its lord.

So what does this tell us? And in addition, where was I coming to with Elrond & Isildur friendship?

1. For all of Isildur's refusal to give up the Ring after the war ended here:

'Alas! yes,' said Elrond. 'Isildur took it, as should not have been. It should have been cast then into Orodruin's fire nigh at hand where it was made. But few marked what Isildur did. He alone stood by his father in that last mortal contest; and by Gil-galad only Círdan stood, and I. But Isildur would not listen to our counsel.

' "This I will have as weregild for my father, and my brother," he said; and therefore whether we would or no, he took it to treasure it.

- The Council of Elrond, Fellowship of the Ring

Isildur realized he was wrong. The Ring was still at its most evil, and it wanted to corrupt him, it wanted to go back to Sauron, yet Isildur resisted enough to be able to almost give up the Ring willingly or at least consider it.

When he was slain, he was already taking the Ring to Elrond. Whether he would have the strength to do it later, he resisted the Ring enough to at least consider it. How many would be able to do so? Of course, there was the factor of the very touch of the Ring paining him, but compared with the Ring's will, that's hardly enough to convince a man to give it up.

And at last, when the Ring slipped from his finger, he did not dive after it. He gave it up, and swam away; and even as the orcs killed him, they killed him a free man.

2. He was bringing the Ring to Elrond. At the very beginning I said this post is about Elrond's and Isildur's friendship, and finally, I am talking about it.

It should go to the Keepers of the Three, Isildur says of the Ring - and for that, he would have to know who the Keepers are, or at least know of someone who knows. And it is said repeatedly that he seeks Elrond's counsel, that he goes to Imladris; did he know Elrond has Vilya?

The location of the Three is one of the greatest secrets kept from Sauron, and it is said many times that almost no one knew of it. Did Isildur know, suspect? In addition to this, Elendur seems to have the same knowledge, which, as he is repeatedly called Isildur's greatest confidant, isn't much of a wonder.

All in all, Isildur either connected the dots well enough to realize that out of all high elven lords, it is Elrond bears a ring of power (and Isildur is clever, this is a possibility); or Elrond was not careful enough and Isildur figured it out from his missteps (which, considering Elrond's experience with cursed jewellery isn't very likely); or Elrond gave him hints on purpose; or he just. Straight up told him.

The last two options seem to be most likely to me, which brings me to Elrond trusting Isildur enough to reveal such a secret to him, which leads me to my Elrond and Isildur are friends agenda.

Should the first option be true, props to Isildur for figuring it out by himself without any clues from Elrond other than him being important. Should Isildur be bringing the Ring to Elrond in hopes that Elrond knows who the Keepers of the Three are, without knowing Elrond is one of them, it still shows Isildur trusted Elrond enough to bring him the Ring even for temporary keeping.

(there is also the matter of whether Isildur knows the other Keepers of the Three, as he mentions them a few times, but never enough to indicate if he knows who they are)

3. Parallels. It is said that Elendil and Gil-galad, the two high kings of their people are friends. Is it really so unlikely that Elrond, Gil-galad's herald (and possibly heir, even though he took no crown), and most trusted advisor besides Círdan; and Isildur, the heir of Elendil the Tall and his second in command, would strike a friendship?

The Isildur we are presented with is both bold and wise - he saves the fruit of the White Tree of Númenor alone because it needs to be done, and then he does it again, and he does it because it's the best for his people. He takes the Ring, and tries to make it listen to him, and realizes he made a mistake; he tries to fix it, and wants to bring it to Elrond.

The Isildur we are presented with has courage, and wisdom, and hope.

Do you know what does this remind me of?

Edain. Their ideals. The reasons why they got the gift of Númenor, greater wisdom, longer lives.

They resisted the evil, no matter how strong; they were loyal, true to their beliefs, brave and courageous.

Elros was chosen as the king of the Edain and really, I highly doubt Edain would choose him as a king just because of his heritage, or because someone told them to do so. Sure, someone could have pointed out Elros to them and say 'hey, look at this dude, he could be a nice king, what do you think?' but in the end, while they might start following Elros because someone else told them, I doubt they would let themselves be led by someone who wasn't the best representation of them. In Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth, Andreth does not shy away from telling Finrod her beliefs, the beliefs of her people. And I don't think that changed with time.

What am I trying to say? I think Elros and Isildur were both similar in many ways, in ways that made them the leaders they were - and that in a way, Elrond saw Elros in Isildur, as well as himself; for Elrond still connected strongly with his mortal kin, and as I mentioned earlier, their political positions were similar.

And while Isildur was his own person and had done things neither Elros or Elrond would have done, and had his own good and bad qualities, it doesn't erase the similarities.

4. Aragorn was raised in Rivendell, by his mother and Elrond and his people. Of all the people there, it is easy to see which ones would influence him the most: Gilraen, Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir. It is repeatedly shown how close he was to them. To some extent we may include Glorfindel, for they were friends, but not as much as the above mentioned four.

Now, as Estel, he wasn't aware of his heritage. He is shown to be proud of his heritage, of his descend from Isildur; and yes, this could be a simple pride in one's ancestors. It could have been that he simply liked Isildur as a historical legendary figure and it became greater after he learnt of his descend from him. Or it could have been that he was told many tales of Isildur, of his deeds and personality, and his family, and decided I want to be like him, and like Elendil, even without knowing he was in any way related to them.

And really, when it comes to the above-mentioned people, who would be the most likely to tell him stories of Isildur? Gilraen who only knew him from stories, or Glorfindel who was never mentioned around Isildur in the books, or Elladan and Elrohir, born after Isildur's death, who could have any number of first-hand stories about hundreds of Aragorn's cool ancestors but not Isildur himself?

All I am saying is there is a potential for Elrond to be telling stories of his old friend Isildur and Elendil and Gil-galad to Estel, and Estel loving them.

There is also the fact that in the chapter The Disaster of the Gladden Fields, Elendur, Isildur's son, is said to be very similar to Aragorn. And I love the idea of Elrond's and Isildur's sons paralleling each other, in a strange way, thousands of years apart.

5. In the books themselves, we do no see Elrond speaking about Isildur much. (I checked almost every mention of Isildur in most of my Tolkien books. So yeah.) On the Council of Elrond, Elrond talks about Isildur the most, but it is mainly in historical manner and 'the Ring should have been destroyed that day' manner, as you can see in the passage from the book I mentioned above in point 1.

This doesn't tell us much about their relationship, much less their friendship - and thus as a source for my image of them as friends, I give the place to The Disaster of the Gladden Fields, thinking they would make a good duo, and the potential of how Isildur's death may have had affected Elrond.

Isildur's death was unexpected. No one expected the road not to be safe - there is a reason why Isildur and his men were unprepared for a battle. They were simply journeying on a familiar road, to Rivendell and then Arnor. Not even the Orcs that ambushed them knew of the Ring. In Rivendell, they learnt of what happened only thanks to Ohtar, Isildur's squire who survived; and even then, the specific circumstances of his death were not revealed until Aragorn found Elendilmir and the chain which bore the Ring among Saruman's things.

In all honesty, I don't think even Elrond knew Isildur planned on giving him the Ring. I do not doubt he expected him, for his wife and youngest son were in Imladris - but I found no reason as to why he might know of Isildur's plans with the Ring.

That could give him a reason to speak ill of Isildur, couldn't it? Yet when he speaks of him, he only speaks of facts and what should have been done - he doesn't call Isildur too weak to give up the ring, or power-hungry, or proud - and by the latter, Isildur calls himself several times (as can be seen here, in the passages I used above)

It needs one greater than I know myself to be. My pride has fallen.

And here:

Forgive me, and my pride that has brought you to this doom.

And yes, it was a formal Council - Elrond had no reason to speak of his personal feelings towards Isildur. Yet I think the little he said reflects his thoughts well. He might have felt some bitterness towards him, especially as he later learnt what the Ring's nature truly was; and especially as he had no knowledge of Isildur being willing to give the Ring to him, for better or worse, whether he would find the strength to do so or not.

Still, once Elrond learnt of the Ring's Nature, I think he might have understood Isildur better - especially as he himself did not dare to even touch the Ring.

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yellow-faerie · 3 years

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Would you be willing to do fluff 20/22 for the Ring Babies? You decide who's surprised at their presence x)

Oh this is brilliant

From this prompt list.

20 - “Where did all these children come from?”

22 - “That’s a baby.”

“Cousin Elrond!” Celebrimbor exclaims brightly, adjusting the baby on his hip as he turns abruptly from the elf he is talking to and hurries down the steps. “You’re here early! We weren’t expecting you or Gil for another week yet.”

Elrond blinks at him, never quite ready for his cousin’s…exuberance. “That’s a baby,” he says, forgoing any greeting.

“Yes, this is Malya - say hello to your cousin Elrond, Malya.”

Malya, apparently, does not want to do this and buries her face into the fabric of Celebrimbor’s tunic.

This, in fact, makes Elrond just a bit more confused. Who was this child? Was she Celebrimbor’s child?

He shakes his head. That is, of course, ridiculous - Celebrimbor isn’t married.

A young girl bursts out of the doors at the top of the stairs, startling quite a few people milling around, and half runs, half leaps her way down towards them.

“Atto!” She exclaims, coming to a skidding halt and ignoring the fact that Elrond is standing right there. “Atya says that a bird just arrived from Aunty Galadriel. It won’t let him take the letter so he needs you.” She nods seriously. “The bird keeps attacking him.”

Celebrimbor makes a face. “Your aunt needs to find better carrier birds.” He laughs, apparently to himself. “Thank you for telling me. Now, Nenya, run up and tell your father that I will there momentarily and try and get the bird under control. And Vilya,” he turns to a pair of boys who appeared without Elrond noticing. “can you and Narya please find Fenordh and tell xem that the king’s herald arrived earlier than expected?”

As quickly as they came, they disappear again, Nenya with her head held high and with a great air of importance about her which doesn’t quite fit with her childish countenance and Vilya chasing his brother.

“Sorry about that, Galadriel still doesn’t like Mai even though I explained that he’s not evil and he doesn’t want to kill me.” Celebrimbor grins brightly at Elrond, adjusting Malya’s position on his hip.

“Mai?” Elrond asks, trying to work out whatever it is that’s going on.

“Annatar,” Celebrimbor explains as if Elrond should know this. “Mairon is another of his names.”

“Mairon…” Elrond says weakly, the name sparking uncomfortable familiarity. “You…”

“Atto!” Narya calls, leaning over the fence of a balcony about three floors above. Celebrimbor turns, shielding his eyes with his hand, distractedly letting Malya go when she wiggles to get down. “Atya says that the bird has destroyed the linen cupboard!”

“Oh Eru,” Celebrimbor mutters and calls up to his daughter that he will be there in a moment and to try and get the bird to calm down.

Seemingly forgetting all about Malya and Elrond, he runs up the stairs and disappears into the main building.

Someone tugs on the edge of his tunic.

"'Rond," Malya mumbles, looking up at him with wide eyes, "'m hungry."

Elrond blinks down at her, entirely unsure what to do with this child. "Well then, we should probably...have some food."

He digs around in his pocket a moment, trying to remember if he had pocketed any of the dried fruit from his last meal. He doesn't find any but he does find a bag of dried seaweed that he doesn't remember packing but he supposes is good enough as food.

So with Malya happily eating that on her place on his hip, they venture further into the palace.

She will undoutbedly just be happy to see her fathers but Elrond has a lot of questions and he very much needs them answered.

#I really love Malya just so everyone is aware #Elrond #Celebrimbor #Narya #Nenya #Vilya #Malya #Ring Babies AU #Other People's OCs #Silvergifting #Silmarillion #Tolkien #Fanfiction #Fae's Stuff #Prompt #Prompt List 2 #Ask #ibrithir-was-here

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violetnatelley · 2 years

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The Oialëa Series - House of The Peredhil Headcanons

Some headcanons and details of various characters. This is mostly for my sake because I am so bad at keeping notes and having to find them in stacks of papers and post-it notes lying about in my room.

Note: I will be editing this as I update my story. :)

Illyria Strange/Elemmírë:

Surprise, she was actually not that tall in her elf form, probably more glowy and more graceful but standing next to Maedhros and Glorfindel, she’s shorter than Elrond by several inches.

She got the habit of being barefoot from Idril when they were still Vinyamar, when she was literally a toddler and would follow her around along with Voronwë. She carries this habit as Illyria.

Wears gloves because she used to have to wear it as Elemmírë after they got burnt by Ancalagon.

She has a favourite child (sorry Elrohir) and it's got to be Elladan since he shares the most traits with her. But they get into the most arguments the most.

She gets teased for being the golden-haired lady out of her, Mereneth and Celebrían during the Second Age.

Has the worst aim as an archer and has at least shot one of her friends and family (or almost shot them).

Hates spiders.

Not fully human or elf: she’s a whole different being but no spoilers yet.

She, Shuri, Harley along with Peter and his parents have a movie marathon once a month. They’ve probably watched the Star Wars movies more than twice.

From above: the Mirror Dimension has the best acoustics to watch movies.

She and Mereneth spent most of their time pranking Gil-Galad, Erestor and Elrond the most. And yes, they had a prank war to end it all.

After the War of Wrath, she never was able to feel anything with her hands so most of the time she needed to wear enchanted gloves to protect herself. Sad thing was that she also never got to feel any of her family with them until she became Illyria.

Cont. from above, Elemmírë had to hold her children with gloves.

Elrond Peredhel/Tercáno:

He designed his study so it could be a place for him to have people around and to feel comfortable and safe, hence the open small courtyard and balcony and how it looked out into the valley.

The gardens he designed with Elemmírë were based on Elemmírë's memories of her house in Gondolin as well as the gardens in Lindon but also from Númenor as Elros was into gardening and plants.

He keeps every piece of craft, writing and artwork his children make and often takes them out to look at them whenever he feels lonely and often wishes his wife is here to see them grow up.

He built his own harp and ‘tried’ to teach his children; only Elrohir was able to be equal to his level but none could match Lindir.

Like twins, he did once conceded to Elros to switch places one time during a trip to Númenor. Only Tindómiel and Elemmírë were able to distinguish between the two of them.

He always made sure to spend time with his children when they were all elflings, from climbing trees with Elladan, getting paint all over him from Elrohir to making sure Arwen hadn’t tried to lure half of the valley to do her bidding.

He has about dozens of poems about everything in his life but only Erestor knows about it, just how he’s the only one who knows about Erestor’s secret stash of rather questionable love notes to Glorfindel.

Elemmírë made sure they would have a day for themselves where they would just discuss about anything they liked at the waterfall. They often ended up perhaps elsewhere.

Being part-Maia...he has a little bit more powers which can’t be said atm. ;)

Arwen Undómiel:

She's Elrond's favourite (which basically means poor Elrohir literally is the unproblematic and nice middle child technically).

She learnt a lot about politics and ruling from Galadriel and Celeborn because ngl, Elrond's too kind to be king and Elemmírë would get bored sitting on a throne.

Arwen is the golden child, admit it. Was able to show light magic at the age of ten, was able to see Vilya even though Elrond and Elemmírë shielded it with a bunch of enchantments and was incredibly good at connecting to the animals and living things around her.

She goes to her brothers depending on what she wants. Elladan: to have fun and get away with doing things she shouldn't be doing, learn more light magic and steal food from the kitchens. Elrohir: to listen to him tell stories to her, go on picnics and learn how to play the harp.

Arwen's strength is her connection to the Astral Plane and can become corporeal in one location.

Would get along with Master Hamir or Andrea Barnard and can discuss about philosophy and ethics of other beings and races.

She was not involved with the goat prank.

Elladan Mahtaro:

He is the eldest out of the Peredhil Twins by about twelve minutes.

He wields Calimmacil, one of Elemmírë's dual swords from Gondolin.

His fighting style is a mix of his uncle and his mother and prefers to use the offence side of eldritch and light magic.

During the wars against Angmar, he did fall in love with Firiel, Queen of Arnor and Gondor, and chose to never marry again after this...until Chapter 24 of Changing of the Song.

He and Arwen argue a lot, especially when it comes to strategic decisions and politics and thinking about the other races in Middle Earth.

His strength in magic itself is using dimensional magic more than light magic. His style is sharp but not as controlled as Elrohir and can erupt into bursts with emotion.

He gets along with Legolas the most, both of them competing for the fastest tree run.

Would get along with Stephen Strange and Wong the most, especially with his interest in the Mystic Arts.

The prank in the goat was his idea but Elrohir would say the latter.

Elrohir Quentaro:

The most stable and most elf-like out of the children of Elrond & Elemmírë and would never give up immortality for some person.

The most balanced of traits with his parents and is incredibly patient but very open and friendly and loves to meet new people.

Glorfindel's favourite. (And the least when it comes to pranks)

He does possess a craft compared to his siblings and can create books and is becoming a good loremaster like his parents.

Best storyteller in the Hall of Fire apart from Lindir and Glorfindel.

He is the mediator and anchor of his entire family and without him, the dynamics between them all are going to push them apart. He is a good listener but is good at inputting suggestions and advice.

Out of him and Elladan: he is the one who initiates the pranks.

His magic is more tamed and can have the most control with it. He uses the deepest parts of magic such as using light magic through enhancing his fighting and body but especially use it to weave his stories.

He, Elladan and Kili made a pact along with Pippin and Merry to do the most pranks during their stay...which literally had to be Lindir’s worst month ever.

Would get along with Darcy the most especially when it comes to talking about gossip and stories.

It was his idea about the goat and Glorfindel.

Glorfindel/ Laurefindelë:

Half-Ainu (Son of Ilmarë according to Part 1 Interlude of CoTS).

He and Ecthelion babysat young Elemmírë and Voronwë the most and took them swimming in Vinyamar when the season was warm.

During his stay on Earth, he enjoyed tasting and learning the cuisine Wong cooks and loves to dot Darcy at the new technology and their way in using Astronomy.

Has seen every Disney Princess movie. His favourite would have to be Tangled. (Probably because of Rapunzel’s long golden hair.)

As Captain of the Guard and a formidable warrior, he has trained all of the Peredhil children.

Second most targeted person for Elladan and Elrohir’s pranks. (First being Lindir.)

He and Elemmírë ran their own house but they were terrible at managing a good balance with socials, so thank Hestondur (their governor of the house) for literally being the backbone.

Could and would break your back if you tried to hurt his family.

He would say that he one against Maedhros in Wii Sports bowling but Maedhros would say it was beginner’s luck.

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tilions · 3 years

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hey! yo! you mind talking a bit more about the extended fëanorian family ocs you have? how many there are, how they’re related, when they’re born, the rough arc of their life?

Hello thank you for your ask! No I don't mind talking about them at all! I love them all very much but please be prepared that this is going to be a long one and that I couldn't even fit everything I want to talk about in here

I have talked about Maglor's, Caranthir's and Curufin's wives before so I left them out on purpose. So I'm just going to talk about the third and fourth generation here.

If you exclude Elrond and Elros Maglor and his wife Cellin have four children and in order of their birth their names are Gilloth, Nelladon, Gilrin and Belegur. Gilloth has a son named Arrod, none of the other three are married or have children. Curufin and his wife Aiwë have one more child besides Celebrimbor, Aracundo. Celebrimbor himself has a son named Aenion. Caranthir and Calairie remain childless. I'm not sure yet where Gil-Galad belongs family wise in my headcanon but let's just assume he's Orodreth's son for convenience.

I don't exactly have stories for them all. Aracundo, Nelladon and Aenion are probably the most fleshed out one's when it comes to their stories but I love them all regardless.

A badly drawn family tree for reference. If you want some more details there are about 2k words of bullet points under the cut :)

Gilloth

Daughter of one of Maedhros's guards and Maglor's second in command

Born some time before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad

Both her parents die in the Nirnaeth, and she is taken in by Maglor and his wife Cellin and is raised as their daughter

Loses her voice during the War of Wrath but refuses to tell anyone how it happened (possible Trauma related?)

Helps Celebrimbor run Eregion in the S.A

Is very interested in architecture and has great talent

Also helps with the construction of Rivendell and moves there after Eregion falls

Has great impact on her siblings upbringing

She and Erestor start courting after Glorfindel locks them in a room together and only allows them out after Erestor confesses his feelings

They marry mid Third Age

Their only child is called Araráto or Arrod in Sindarin

Because Maglor has given all his children a father name (be they his real children or not) she got one as well

It's Tintanárë (Sparkling Fire)

She's very close with Aracundo especially during the latter half of the second Age and the early Third Age

Her favourite people in Middle Earth are dwarves. She gets along well with them and even learns some Khuzdul from Narvi because she can't just reveal the secret

She is very strong at Oswanë and uses is constantly to communicate

Elrond has a lot of headaches because she directs her absurd thoughts at him to annoy him

Arrod is her sunshine and she would die for him

Not a very good warrior but she's doing her best

Aracundo

Second Born son of Curufin and Aiwë of the Teleri

Fathername: Artafinwë (Exalted Finwë)

He's my depressed disaster gay

Tall boy™ (maybe even taller than Maedhros?)

Born: 464 F.A (same year as Turin because reasons) in Nargothrond

He doesn't remember his dad because his parents parted ways after the Lúthien incident

He grows up in Cirdans care because that's where his mom took him

His best friend growing up was Ereinion even though the other is several years older than him

He doesn't have a lot of temperament and is more like his mother, calm and sensitive

Fights in the War of Wrath as Ereinion's second in command but is more known for his strategies and not for his actions on the battlefield

He and Ereinion get married early into the Second Age (yes he's Gil-Galad's husband and they love each other very much fight me)

He goes absolutely berserk once he sees his brother used as a banner of Sauron's forces after Eregion falls and probably takes down half their army by himself

People who knew Maedhros had a very very vivid flashback that day

When his mother sails not long after he remains in Middle Earth to fight Sauron

He gets much more quiet and reserved after losing his brother, mother and nephew in one go

He is very much pro Last Alliance and openly supports Elendil but mostly because he wants to avenge Celebrimbor's death

Uh… you know who dies during that battle? Ereinion and Aracundo blames himself for it

He stops speaking and becomes a shadow of himself afterwards

Refuses both the crown and Vilya

Lives with Cirdan for some time but moves to Rivendell after Celebrían sails to support Elrond

Has no big part in the second ring war

He sails alongside Cirdan and Celeborn

His life gets from good to worse to tragic to suffering

But he gets reunited with Ereinion in Valinor so it's not a total tragedy

Nelladon

Maglor's and Cellin's first biological child

Born: 1700 S.A

Died: 2770 T.A.

Has Nerdanel's signature red hair but otherwise full on takes after his mother's side of the family

His fathername is Russanáro (copper fire)

Aso has the epithets Copperhead from the dwarves, Pityatinto (Little Sparkle) from his grandfather and Tyalmahto (Toymaker) from the Numenorians

Self sacrificing idiot (we'll get to that later)

His passion is toymaking but also woodworking but he's also a great singer and loves storytelling

For every new baby family member he makes an abundance of toys and when all of them grow up he travels the world to make toys for the children of other families

The only members of his own family to never receive a toy from him are his younger brother Belegur, as well as his cousins on his mother's side of the family (all of them are born after his death)

A very good boy, only wants to make the people happy

He finds Aenion again with the dwarves of Erebor after they establish their kingdom there

Tries to talk him into visiting their family but stays unsuccessful until his death

Speaking of his death and self sacrificing

He dies during Smaugs attack on Erebor while he tries to make time for Thrain and Thror to escape. He faces Smaug in the throne room with nothing more than a iron shield on him

And burns

He fully knew he was going to die but he did it for his friends

Probably aroace

Also the first member of the House of Fëanor to get re-embodied

Gilrin

Maglor's and Cellin's only biological daughter and Fëanor's only biological granddaughter

Born: 20 T.A.

Like Celegorm she takes after Miriel in terms of appearance but inherited her grandfather Tinwës blonde hair

Not the tallest but still like half an inch taller than Fëanor and Curufin

Has a lot of artistic talent and can paint life like images

She painted the wall painting of Isildur cutting of Sauron's finger only with a very bad sketch from Glorfindel and a mental image provided by Galadriel as a reference

Basically always happy and smiling

Hates it when she has one-sided conversations, feels like she's intruding somehow

Celebrían is her big idol and she was devastated when she got hurt and had to sail

Was even more devastated after Nelladons death and isolated herself for a while

Starts traveling with Gildor and his group from that point on to get some distraction and is among the elves who meet Frodo, Pippin and Sam in the Shire

Will not sail until her parents do

Does her best to support Aragorn as the new king of Gondor because she feels like that's what's she owes to Elrond and partially also Elros even though she never met him

The most Avarian out of her siblings

Belegur

Finwë 2.0

Seriously the boy looks like Finwë as much as Arwen looks like Lúthien

People find it quite disturbing (People are Maglor, Glorfindel and Cirdan)

Fathername: Cuináro (living fire)

Born: either 3019 T.A. or somewhere between 10 and 50 Fourth Age

Youngest member of the House of Fëanor even younger than his youngest nephew

Elladan, Elrohir, Arwen and Arrod call him little uncle and he hates it (he loves it but pretends he hates it)

Spends most of his childhood in Gondor because his parents moved the like almost immediately to be with Aragorn and Arwen

Has a deeper connection to men than all of his other siblings (aside from Elros for obvious reasons)

He feels weird when he sees his best friends from childhood grow up, get children and then see those grow up and have children of their own all while he himself is still a child/teenager/going adult

When Elfwinë's son Éomund II. who he was closest with dies, Belegur is devastated

His relationship with mortality becomes rather complicated afterwards

Dedicated scholar and historian

Also only sails when his parents will

Has a very easy time befriending people

Probably the best warrior out of his biological siblings just because Gilrin hates fighting and Nelladon just doesn't care about weapons

In possession of the one Feanorian Braincell might as well have inherited it from his mother)

Aenion

Celebrimbor's son

Born somewhere between 1620 and 1680 S.A

I have no idea who his mother is, any suggestions?

Thought about making him the love child of Tyelpë and Annatar but this feels kinda weird but also hilarious

Looks like Curufin acts like Caranthir

Cantëacurufinwë™ (blame the fact that Tyelpë is called Nelyacurufinwë)

Aenion probably isn't his real mothername but he calls that himself and everyone just does the same

Grumpy cat™

Raised by dwarves after Eregion fell and stayed with Durin's line until the Sacking of Erebor (Thrain brought him to Rivendell)

Speaks almost no Sindarin but is fluent at Westron and Khuzdul

Has no interest in learning Quenya

Creative use of swear words

A Smith like almost everyone else in his father's line

If he is Sauron's child, he has very much cat eyes and you can't convince me otherwise, also the Ring would probably love him

He goes back to Erebor after the dwarves retake it and helps them rebuild it

Feels very guilty for Nelladons death because he couldn't convince him to flee with him

Can't look Cellin or Maglor in the eye because of this

Fights during the War of the Ring alongside the Dwarves of Erebor

Sails with Gimli and Legolas

Arrod

Son of Gilloth and Erestor

Born sometime after his parents wedding

Takes more after his father in terms of appearance but has been influenced a lot by Glorfindel growing up

A total goof

One of the elves who 'greet' Thorin and company when they arrive in Rivendell

Gets into unnecessary fights very often

Very protective

Loves Estel to death and is very sad when Aragorn grows up and doesn't want to be carried around piggyback style anymore

Does it anyways

Idk I have not thought about him a lot

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*NOTE. i have not read the silmarillion in it’s full context ( the wording is difficult, even for me. ) most of what i know has been told to me by @aeternitie, @elyaros, @finarfiniel, @laurelote, @luktiene, and @edhelgund. and everything else has been heavily expanded on with headcanons. this post is going to be ungodly long, but it will go over the span of elrond’s life, and will dive in depth about my characterization of him.

following the attack of the havens of sirion by the sons of feanor, with his parents ( at least in his eyes, ) dead, elrond and his twin brother, elros, were taken captive and raised by maglor. as a child, his only constant was quite literally elros, and elrond relied on his brother heavily. he was fearful of the world, and everything in it. you’d often find the twins together, but elrond was always the one trailing behind. elros was unbelievably protective of him, and elrond was very much scared, all the time. his first, strongest memory is of the attack on his home. he does not remember much of his parents, aside from feelings of love and care. but as far as comprehensible memories, he does not have them.

and truth be told, even though maglor did his best to care for the twins, elrond was still very much afraid of him. same goes for maehdros, though he was not as active in raising the twins as maglor was.

the twins were ultimately sent off to live with gil-galad ( we won’t dwell too much on this, but because of the fact that elrond is specifically mentioned being with gil-galad when the elves are allowed to return to the undying lands, it’s pretty prevalent that elrond was with him as a child. and because of corresponding headcanons with @elyaros, elros was as well. )

because of their heritage, the twins were given a choice. whether to be counted among the kindred of elves or of men. elrond chose first, and ultimately chose to be counted among the elves. his transformation would happen first, and elros would witness this. he had asked elrond to come with him to their father’s lands, elrond would ultimately say no.

it’s good to now mention that elrond has never felt, even before being given the option of making this choice, as though he belongs among men. his elven heritage is so prominent in him, and it persuades his choice. it’s also good to mention that elrond has... a lot of trauma regarding his childhood and his upbringing by maglor, and in his heart he feels that it will take him more than one lifetime to move pass this pain. he makes this choice knowing his life will be filled with grief and heartache, but ultimately knows that an eternity is what he is destined for.

that is not to say, that he doesn’t visit numenor once it’s established. and for elros’ life, elrond is appointed as an ambassador on gil-galad’s behalf, and resides in numenor with his brother until his death. mind you, there is no war happening at this time, and gil-galad recognizes how strong the bond is between elrond and elros, and recognizes elrond’s pain about having to be separated from him. he’s ultimately sent on gil-galad’s behalf to congratulate the king on the birth of his son, vardamir, and once elrond is there, elrond is appointed as the official ambassador for the high king of noldor.

he’s there for the birth of the next three children - and plays a very active role in their lives. by this time, he is already an established healer and loremaster, and definitely passes his knowledge and stories down to his niece and nephews. he indulges in their interests and often times just lets them be what they are, children. they are royalty, yes, but they are at heart just children trying to find a place in the world. this never goes over well with elros and his wife, ithildiren ( found on @aeternitie, ) and elrond always feels a little guilty about it afterwards. he just wants the kids to have a good time.

the death that he holds the most painful, and most memorable, will always be elros’ death. it was in elros’ final years that he confided in elrond, and even confessed that he felt that he chose incorrectly, as he, though mortal, ultimately outlived many of the people he loved. elrond reminds him that the other choice would have been no better, as elrond will spend his life outliving everyone he loves - there really isn’t much difference in their choices. elrond chose immortality because he knew it would take longer to overcome his grief, elros chose mortality because he felt that being immortal would only grant him a lifetime of pain and suffering. by the end of elros’ life, i think they had found peace in each other’s choices. no matter how different that choice was, they loved each other.

before we dive deeper in that, it’s good to understand that elrond and elros share a very big connection to each other on a level much deeper than brothers. as twins, they are bound to each other. they share the capacity to feel each other’s emotions, their feelings, can feel when another is in pain, etc.

this means that through all of elros’ hardships, in the life that he lived that was filled with emotional turnmoil, elrond shared in this pain as well. and it is for this that elrond was always there for his brother, as he was the only one who knew exactly how elros felt, even when others truly thought they had him figured out. many would believe elros to be emotionless, but elrond knows it is not true. where elrond is sensitive and open with his feelings, elros is withdrawn and keeps his feelings locked down. they are constantly feeling each other’s pain, their joys, their sorrows. the bond can be cut off if one of them chooses so ( and elros has done this ) but for the most part, that bond is allowed to exist freely.

elros’ death was not surprising to elrond, he knew it was coming. he could feel the weariness, he could feel the exhaustion like it was his own. he felt elros letting go and submitting to his death. moments prior to his death, elros had finally found peace with his life, and elrond felt that wave of peace wash over him, before that connection was severed completely.

the loss of that connection serves as a constant reminder to elrond that he now, in this world, is alone.

once elros was gone, elrond felt little tying him to numenor, and promptly returned to gil-galad in lindon. it was then that annatar came seeking entrance to lindon, and was denied by gil-galad and elrond, as they sensed something wasn’t right. and the war of the elves and sauron would begin.

in s.a. 1695 gil-galad sent elrond to aid eregion. elrond's forces came too late and proved too small to defend eregion. sauron sent most of his army west to attack lindon, he left a strong detachment behind to contain elrond. in two years eregion was lade waste and elrond along with the noldor survivors fled far north. there, he established the stronghold of imladris. imladris was home to many refugees in this war, and though besieged, was not under sauron’s control. it was liberated by gil-galad and tar-minastir’s forces, and once sauron was defeated this time, imladris was established as a elvish stronghold, and elrond himself was appointed to gil-galad’s vice regent, where he would have the ring of vilya passed to him.

in the war of the last alliance, he marched with gil-galad and elendil. he witnessed both of their deaths, and witnessed isildur cut the ring off of sauron’s finger, destroying him, and ultimately tried to ensure the rings destruction. he was unable to do this, as isildur refused. and for those questioning why, i’d like to remind the class that isildur is a descendant of elros. elrond could not lift a hand to kill isildur himself.

with the third age, he would marry celebrian - something he truly did not ever expect to do. ( this is headcanoned with @elyaros and @aeternitie. ) he witnessed how ithildiren’s death destroyed elros, and destroyed the progress he had made over the course of his life. elrond was never looking for love, he never wanted to feel that pain. )

but then he met celebrian. and it changed. he never spoke of his love for her, only once she had prompted that the she had feelings for him, would he speak of his. their courtship lasted most likely, close to a hundred years, though the feelings for each other existed a lot longer than that. for elrond, it was the ultimate hesitance of love ( as you read the reason above, ) but once the mutual feelings were in the open, he, of course, is all in. elladan and elrohir are born in t.a 130, and arwen would follow in t.a 241.

this is something i wanna talk about, as @aeternitie brought it to my attention. but the names of elladan and elrohir are something elrond chose for them, and it is reminiscent of he and elros. let me explain, with direct quotes from rune.

o Elladan is very clearly “elf-man”, which is a reference to Elrond and his children’s status as half-elven, but Elrohir has no confirmed etymology. Parf Edhellen lists “elf-knight”, or (literally translated) “elf-horse lord”, which is valid because horse lord/knight is “rochir” from roch “horse” and “hir” master, but... while the most obvious etymology, it’s not the only possible one.

Why? Because when you cut out the “c” from rochir, from roch, with Elrochir being an entirely possible name, it seems to me that... “rochir” is not what you had in mind in the first place. Anyway, if the first element is unambiguously meant to be “elf”, it could very well be spelled Ellrohir.

“El”, with one L only, is “star”, present in both Elrond and Elros. Which makes a lot more sense, considering how common it is for fathers to give their children names that contain an element of their own. (see Celeborn and Celebrían, plus lots of other people) In which case, “hîr” is still “lord”, but “ro” is a shortening of another word. Which word? Well, it could be rom (horn, trumpet), it could be ron (smooth by polishing), it could be a lot of words... including ross, “foam, spray”

basically, elrond named his twins after he and his brother, and i will die on this hill.

anyway continuing on !

elrond raises the dunedain, and takes in almost all of isildur’s descendants. he maintains and preserves the shards of narsil, and essentially raised these children like his own, in some ways. but i do not believe elrond felt an outward fatherly protection over them, nor do i believe they actually viewed him as a father.

i won’t go too much into the events of the hobbit and lotr, because that’s all known and i pretty much abide by that canon.

NOW WE CAN GO INTO MY CHARACTERIZATION.

as kind as summer, is a big thing.

he is always ready to welcome guests to rivendell, we see this with the dwarves in the hobbit. they were unexpected, but he did not turn them away, and he did not make them leave. the dwarves were there for 14 days, and he even offered to bilbo that he could remain in imladris if he chose not to go on with the dwarves to erebor.

he’s warm ! warm hugs ! warm smile ! he’s the embodiment of summer.

he’s. the best dad. though, for the amount of children he raised ( i.e : elros’ children to an extent, isildur’s descendents. ) he is very stressed over his own children, especially the twins. they mirrored he and elros in a lot of ways, and because of their antics, he is constantly stressed. but he loves those boys.

the boys are big mama’s boys, and arwen is glued to elrond. i accept nothing else.

he could have been a king, but he chose not to.

no, he doesn’t view himself above any of his people, even though he is their lord. he simply views himself as a protector of his people, and would do anything to protect them.

he could have been high king of the noldor when gil-galad died, but chose not to because there weren’t enough of the noldor left to need a king.

his anger is.... something else.

where elrond is summer, elros is winter. but their anger is the polar opposite.

elrond becomes extremely cold and icy when angry, and his words to have a tendency to hurt, even though he doesn’t intend for them to.

when pushed to the absolute end of his anger, when he’s engulfed in it, he’s explosive. and stay out of his way. it takes a lot to get him here, and he’s only been pushed this far a few times in his life. this side of elrond is essentially elros’ anger.

celebrian sailing - his sea longing begins.

this was by far the most horrific moment in his life, and he had witnessed a lot of horrific things. he was unable to heal her fully, her physical wounds may have been healed, but the scars on her mind remained, and he could not touch them.

she figuratively took his heart with her when she sailed. her absence has left elrond with very little cares about this world. he isn’t outright heartless anymore, he is known for his kindness and his compassion, and he still has it. but the only thing keeping rivendell in its state at that point is vilya. he isn’t lifting a hand to make it better or make it prosperous, it’s all the ring’s doing by that point. it takes a lot of effort not to fade and die for him at this point, but he is hellbent on following her into the undying lands once she’s gone. he won’t give up.

arwen’s choice.

this also... destroyed him. not only because it meant she would die, but also because he knew he would not be around for it. like with elros, he wants nothing more than to be with his daughter until the end.

ultimately, he accepts her choice. he wants her to be happy, and if this is what she wants, he has no say in telling her she can’t have it. if she wants to be mortal with aragorn, elrond will not deprive her of this.

however, once the war of the ring is over, he knows he will sail. he stays just long enough to see her wed to aragorn and become queen of gondor.

this hurts him deeply. and his time in the undying lands is spent constantly wondering how she is, what she’s doing, what are her children like, etc.

he realizes after a few centuries that she’s gone, and now suddenly you have a very depressed elrond in the undying lands.

#elmo_fire.gif #I SPENT ALL DAY ON THIS #sorry if it's super long #☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ am i supposed to be grateful to have survived this? / character study #long post tw //

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snarkesthour · 4 years

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Why Elrond Couldn’t Have Destroyed The One Ring

One of the most common questions I get asked by non-Lord of the Rings fans is “why didn’t Elrond just destroy the ring?” Trying to explain can take a fair amount of time, and in the end, they don’t really want to know. They just want me to tell them that they successfully sniffed out a plot hole and that Elrond should have destroyed the ring. Then there are those who do want a serious answer to this question, but don’t have a deep enough understanding of the world or history of Middle Earth to understand the answer when it comes. The interjections come in a stream: “yeah, but-, no, but…” and we’re back to square one. It’s hard to have any real discussion as fans on this topic when we keep going around and around in, ahem, rings.

So, to all those who want a full explanation as to why Elrond didn’t destroy the One Ring, one which takes both the book and film into account, you’ve come to the right place!

Elrond had many good reasons for not destroying the Ring. It certainly wasn’t as simple as just pushing Isildur into Mount Doom, as I've heard a lot of people suggest. For one thing, in the book, Elrond never actually takes Isildur up Mount Doom to destroy the Ring in the first place. That means he would have had to incapacitate Isildur – or knock him unconscious – to then carry him up the mountain. Bearing in mind Isildur is about 7-foot-tall and decked out in full armour, this wouldn’t be an easy job. Then, of course, there's the problem that Elrond has to accomplish this in full view of both armies, Human and Elvish.

In the film, Elrond takes Isildur up Mount Doom to destroy the Ring, and Isildur goes with him without complaint, as he wants the Ring destroyed too. But of course, the Ring has the power to control its wearers and those around it. By the time they reach the summit Isildur has become corrupted by the Ring, and refuses to throw it into the fire. Elrond would then have had to fight him to take the Ring off him and destroy it himself. Thing is, though, there is no guarantee that he would have won that fight. The pair of them had just stepped off of a battlefield, not to mention trekked up a mountain, which would have taken a physical toll on both. Yes, Elves may be more durable than Men, and Elrond more skilled and experienced in combat than Isildur, but Isildur has the power of the Ring. We have seen the raw, animal power the Ring draws from its wearer with Bilbo and Gollum; whenever they see people try to take the Ring from them, even loved ones, they will fight back tooth and nail. The adrenaline boost to Isildur alone would mean Elrond would have a fierce fight on his hands.

How could Elrond avoid this confrontation that he might not win? He could simply push Isildur into the fires of Mount Doom – but he still then has to return to the two armies at the base of Mount Doom who are waiting to hear the outcome. He would have to tell them: “Isildur unfortunately fell in”, and this would not be received well. Elrond and Isildur are each highly respected members of their own respective races, but the troops of the human army do not know Elrond; he does not the same credibility for them, and the sudden death of one of their own leaders would certainly demand further explanation. Remember, too, that humans and elves have not always gotten on – the humans’ view of the elves as aloof and detached to the point of uncaring is not entirely without some foundation.

So, what follows? Accusations would be made against Elrond and perhaps the elves as a whole unit by the humans; the elves would defend their present commander (and assumed next High King of the Noldor). Such a thing would break the fragile trust between the two races, and they might not be able to rebuild it a second time. This crumbling of peace could be extremely troublesome for the future of Middle Earth, not to mention the possibility of another war, even after both armies have been decimated. If Elrond were to foresee any of this, he would never take that course of action.

He would though, risk similar consequences if he told the truth about his pushing Isildur into the fire to save Middle Earth. The Men may argue that an alternative could have been found. The Elves may argue that Elrond had made the hard decision in order to save all of their lives. It’s still possible that the trust between the two races would break, meaning war could break out on the slopes of Mount Doom, or Elrond could be killed by the Men where he stood. That could potentially lead, again, to another war, and difficulty for Middle Earth in the future.

On top of all this, there’s the fact that Elrond would not WANT to kill Isildur, and would wish to avoid it as far as he possibly could. Isildur is in fact Elrond’s family, a descendent of his twin brother. Now, people generally don’t want to go around murdering their own family, and certainly no one does in this universe, in which, among Elves, the murder of a relative earns one the title of kinslayer. Elrond himself was raised by two of the most famous and hated kinslayers of all time. He has seen the fallout of this up close and personal.

Could Elrond have explained to Isildur what the Ring is and why it must be destroyed? Well, it could end one of three ways:

1. Isildur has already been corrupted and does not listen to him.

2. Isildur does listen him and accompanies him up Mount Doom.

3. Isildur believes him and gives him the Ring to destroy.

If Isildur is already corrupted, Elrond would have to fight him for the Ring in front of both armies – as previously covered, that would not end well for anyone. If Isildur listens to him and they get up to Mount Doom, (the same end situation as the film, only it has been explained to him at this point the reasons behind the decision), we know he would still end up corrupted by the time he reached the top. Then Elrond would have to fight him to get the Ring anyway. Now, option 3 – if he listened to Elrond and gave him the Ring to take up to the fires and destroy. Isildur himself would be safe if things played out that way, but then there is the problem of Elrond having the Ring. The consequences of that could well be worse than if Isildur had kept hold of it.

Elrond has in his possession another Ring of power. It is called Vilya and is the ring of air. When the rings of power were forged, Sauron, unbeknownst to Celebrimbor, wove into the rings that their wearers would become more susceptible to him and his One Ring, thereby making them easier to mentally dominate and corrupt. Celebrimbor made the three Elvish rings without Sauron, but with his formula. His instructions. This means that all the rings have the same weakness. If at any point Elrond was to take the One Ring, even with the best of intentions to destroy it, Sauron taking him over in that moment would have been entirely possible.

This leads us to the kicker: at this point, no-one really knows what the ring is. Elrond and Cirdan knew it should be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, and told Isildur to do this, but he didn’t listen. It seems clear that they knew what the ring was (the fact that Sauron was wearing it should be a bit of a give-away).

But if the elves truly knew what this ring was and what it would mean for the future of Middle Earth, they would have done whatever they could to destroy it.

They only really get an idea of what the ring is much later, well after the Istari show up. The Istari are a subset of the Maia and their job was to help the peoples of Middle Earth stand against evil. By this point, Sauron was assumed to have been destroyed, so this should start tipping people off that something isn’t right. The White Council doesn’t find out that Sauron is still around until they try to drive the necromancer out of Dol Guldur – only to realise that it is indeed Sauron.

During The Hobbit, Bilbo finds the One Ring. In the films, Gandalf is aware that he has a ring; he sees him put it in his pocket and then distracts the dwarves from questioning Bilbo. But Gandalf thinks the ring Bilbo has found the last unaccounted for dwarven ring, which was lost near their location. He realises his mistake later when he meets Thrain and learns that Sauron cut his finger off to get the ring – therefore the one Bilbo has can only be The One. (We only saw Gandalf confirm this suspicion in the beginning of Lord of the Rings, when he puts the ring in Bilbo’s fire and it comes out cool with Black Speech on it, which prompts him to run to the library in Gondor. This plot hole is in itself a whole other can of worms, but the point here is that only later is it confirmed for Gandalf that Frodo’s ring is The One).

Whatever Elrond did in attempt to take the ring from Isildur would risk a fight he wouldn’t necessarily win, in view of both armies, with not only their own lives at stake but those of everyone else in Middle Earth if tensions were to resurface between the humans and the elves. Even assuming Elrond won and got the ring, he was already wearing a ring of power – and not a lesser ring either. It was therefore entirely possible that Sauron could have taken instant control of him at that moment, for we as the audience know that he isn’t gone. Even if Elrond himself doesn’t, what he would know is that wearing two rings at once would be a serious risk – one that would not fit with his character to take. An Elrond controlled by Sauron would be bad for Middle Earth. Very bad, considering he keeps watch over it, and as a general rule, what he suggests people do, they often do. (That’s without even mentioning Glorfindel, or Elrond’s true rank that he denied, or the Dunedain.) Elrond holds more power over Middle Earth than most people realise. While he himself would never abuse that power, Sauron in Elrond’s body most certainly would.

In his situation, Elrond was facing risks no matter what choice he made. However, all those involving the destruction of the One Ring lead to the most severe potential consequences, which made the decision to destroy it impossible.

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